"Pravda" Deplores Manners and Morals Moscow, Mar. 2.
That the manners and morals of some officers of the Red Army leave a great deal to be desired, is revealed by an article which appeared in the "Pravda" yesterday.
According to the official paper, Red Army officers "in their cups" fre quently beat their wives and smash furniture of cafes and restaurants, and consider the molestation of other guests as great fun.
The paper demands that vigorous steps should be taken to compel the officers to discontinue such practices. The manners and morals of the Wild excitement reigned on the Garden Bridge for a few minutes yesterday forenoon, but not because of any international incident. At about 1145 o'clock, when a truck ug a cargo of acid destined for se firm south of the Soochow as passing over the bridge.
four carboys containing hydro loric acid burst and sprayed the pavement with their fiery contents, A call was sent to Central Fire Station, whose firemen went to the scene and washed th pavement down with water from the mains. No-one was injured. S.V.C. and Japanese sentries S. Police, Japanese Consular Police and others on the span watched the proceedings with interest. officers of garrisons in the White Russtan district, where the commander-in-chief forbade officers to beat their wives, are held out as a
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